DEC Officer Report
Application No.: 20/01323/MCH Applicant: Dandara Homes Limited Proposal: Minor Change application to PA 19/01155/B involving alteration of location of door from side elevation to rear elevation and repositioning of rear utility room window on 9 dwellings (plots 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 34, 35, 46 & 47) and change in position of rear utility room of plot 44. Site Address: Field 314538 South Of Ballatessan Meadow Peel Isle Of Man Principal Planner: Miss S E Corlett Expected Decision Level: Officer Delegation Recommended Decision: Permitted Date of Recommendation: 07.12.2020 _________________________________________________________________
Conditions and Notes for Approval
C : Conditions for approval N : Notes attached to conditions
N 1. This approval relates to the alteration of the location of the door from side elevation to rear elevation and repositioning of rear utility room window on 9 dwellings (plots 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 34, 35, 46 & 47) and the change in the position of the rear utility room of plot 44
Plans/Drawings/Information; This decision relates to drawings APL_254, APL_255, APL_256 and 07.03, all received on 23.11.20. _______________________________________________________________
Interested Person Status
Additional Persons
n/a _____________________________________________________________________________
Officer’s Report
INTRODUCTION The following application is to be assessed against the criteria set out in Part 3 - Minor Changes Applications of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 specifically Articles 21, 22, 23 and 24.
BASIS OF APPLICATION
- 21(1) This is the only minor changes application that has been made in respect of any particular grant of planning approval.
- PASS - relates to 19/01155/B/. Whilst an application was submitted for alterations to approved house types (20/01182/B and 20/01184/B) neither was a MCH application.
- 21(2)(a) The Minor Change Application relates to the grant of planning approval in respect of a building
- - PASS - relates to erection of a residential estate
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies what minor changes are being sought PASS - the application includes the following: Door moved from side elevation to rear elevation and repositioning of rear utility room window on 9 dwellings (plots 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 34, 35, 46 & 47) and handing of a further detached dwelling (plot 44).
- 21(2)(b) The application specifies why the applicant considers the minor changes to be of a minor nature
- PASS - the application form does not specifically ask for this and the applicant did not provide this information but has subsequently confirmed that "The proposed changes will not introduce any alternative dwelling types or additional floor area. The alteration of the side/rear door & window will not have any negative impact upon the appearance of the dwelling, and the "handing" of the dwelling on plot 44 will not adversely affect the street scene."
- 21(2)(c)(i) The Minor Change Application does not increase the number of dwellings or buildings for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(ii)The Minor Change Application does not increase the net external footprint of a building for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(iii) The Minor Change Application does not alter the site for which planning approval has been granted and which was defined by a red line on the site location map by changing that line
- 21(2)(c)(iv) The Minor Change Application does not make material changes to the vehicular access arrangements for which planning approval has been granted
- 21(2)(c)(v) The Minor Change Application does not alter the conditions (if any) which have been imposed
- 21(2)(d)The Minor Change Application is not be made where the parent approval is less than 21 days old, subject to an undetermined appeal or has expired
- - PASS - original application decision notice issued on 8th September, 2020. APPLICATION CONTENT
- 22(3)(a) Application Form
- 22(3)(a&c) The information in Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) Order 2019 has been provided:
- o Site location plan (with red/blue lines)
- o The planning approval that is the subject of the application
- o Explanation of changes being applied for and reasons why
- o drawings of the proposed minor changes with buildings and structures amended to indicate the changes
- o Flood risk assessment is/is not necessary in this case
- 22(3)(b) Provision of other documents specified on form but not in Schedule 1
- - PASS - No other documents provided
- - PASS - Dealt with at submission
- 22(6) Such further info as Department may request prior to determination (has anything further been requested and provided?
- PASS - explanation as to why the works are considered minor was requested on 07.12.20 and response received the same day.
DETERMINATION
- 23(1)(a) The Minor Change does not significantly increase the size or scale of the development in question
- - The development is not changed in size or scale at all.
- 23(1)(b) The Minor Change does not significantly change the nature of the development in question
- PASS - nature of original development is not changed
- 23(1)(c) The Minor Change does not result in an approval which, at the time of approval, complied with a Development Plan, National Policy Directive or a Planning Policy Statement, ceasing to do so
- - PASS - remains compliant
- 23(1)(d) The Minor Change does not result in new or increased adverse impacts on adjoining or neighbouring properties having a significant or disproportionate impact on the environment (irrespective of whether such impacts might be outweighed by other considerations)
- PASS - there will be no new or increased impacts compared with the parent approval. The changes move approved doors from the side to the rear elevation and next to patio doors which have approval. There is also a slight readjustment of the position of the approved window in the rear of the utility room behind the garage. There is therefore no increase or change in overlooking. Arguably there may be an improvement in the living conditions of the properties alongside as there will no longer be a door opening towards them. This applies to all but one of the properties of this house type (plots 5, 6, 10, 15, 16, 34, 35, 46 & 47). Also proposed is the handing of the approved detached dwelling on plot 44. This has a single first floor window in one gable, which serves a bathroom so will have no impact on the living conditions of those in the adjacent property.
- 23(1)(e) The Minor Change is not more than minor and is not of a magnitude to warrant a new application
- - PASS - considered minor
- 23(1)(e)The Minor Change does not otherwise fundamentally change the basis on which the grant was originally made.
- - PASS - basis of original approval remains unchanged
- 23(2) If it does not do any of the above, must then be considered. - is the application considered acceptable?
NOTICE OF DECISION
- 24(2)(a) Set out whether all or some of the changes are accepted
- All changes are accepted _____________________________________________________________________
I can confirm that this decision has been made by the Head of Development Management in accordance with the authority afforded to that Officer by the appropriate DEFA Delegation.
Decision Made : Permitted Date : 07.12.2020 Determining officer
Signed : S BUTLER Stephen Butler Head of Development Management
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